Margaret (2009)
A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990 and Margaret Thatcher's support within the government is wavering - her hold on the premiership hangs in the balance. Then, long-serving politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns over Thatcher's attitude to Europe. His resignation speech sparks a chain of events that leads to the overthrow of Britain's first woman prime minister. This modern dramatic tragedy illustrates the strengths and fatal flaws of this iconic woman more clearly than ever before and reveals how the very aspects of her character that helped her secure power are the ones that ensured her downfall. Drama starring Lindsay Duncan.
Director: James Kent
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Lindsay Duncan as Margaret Thatcher |
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Ian McDiarmid as Denis Thatcher |
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Roger Allam as John Wakeham |
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Kevin McNally as Kenneth Clarke |
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Roger Ashton-Griffiths as John Sergeant |
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Michael Maloney as John Major |
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Roy Marsden as Norman Tebbit |
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Guy Henry as Tristan Garel-Jones |
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Nigel Le Vaillant as Ted Heath |
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Robert Hardy as Willie Whitelaw |
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James Fox as Charles Powell |
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Philip Jackson as Bernard Ingham |
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John Sessions as Geoffrey Howe |
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Oliver Cotton as Michael Heseltine |
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Julian Firth as Norman Lamont |
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Rosemary Leach as The Queen |
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Elizabeth Bennett as Sue Mastriforte |
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Olivia Poulet as Carol Thatcher |
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Michael Cochrane as Alan Clark |
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Dermot Crowley as Airey Neave |
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Nicholas Le Prevost as Douglas Hurd |
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Rupert Vansittart as Peter Morrison |
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Tim McMullan as William Waldegrave |
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Paul Jesson as Kenneth Baker |
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Nicholas Day as Cranley Onslow |
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Nicholas Jones as Tim Renton |
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Christian McKay as John Whittingdale |
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Charlotte Asprey as Caroline Stephens |
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Martin Chamberlain as Nigel Lawson |
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Alan Cox as Gordon Reece |
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Jenny Howe as Cynthia Crawford |
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Diana Kent as Margaret King |
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Oliver Le Sueur as Mark Thatcher |
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Francis Maguire as Official |
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Douglas McFerran as MP |
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George Pensotti as Speaker of the Commons |
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Mark Perry as John MacGregor |
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Nicholas Rowe as Malcolm Rifkind |
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Tim Wallers as MP |
| Camera | David Odd | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Laurence Cendrowicz | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Mick Pantaleo | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Carol Saunderson | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Matthew Hanson | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Colin Azzopardi | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | James Kent | Director |
| Writing | Richard Cottan | Writer |
| Sound | Dominic Muldowney | Original Music Composer |
